लकड़ी
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa लक्कुड (lakkuḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟 (lakkuḍa), from Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “club”). Compare Gujarati લાકડું (lākḍũ, “wood”), Marathi लाकूड (lākūḍ, “wood”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /lək.ɽiː/, [lɐk.ɽiː]
Noun
लकड़ी • (lakṛī) f (Urdu spelling لَکْڑی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | लकड़ी lakṛī |
लकड़ियाँ lakṛiyā̃ |
| oblique | लकड़ी lakṛī |
लकड़ियों lakṛiyõ |
| vocative | लकड़ी lakṛī |
लकड़ियो lakṛiyo |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakuṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 629
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “lakṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 877
- “लकड़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.